I'm hoping someone can clear up the laws of sampling, as in copyright laws. Everything I've read about it states: You cant use anybody elses work of music without getting the permission from #1 the artist, and #2 the company that produced the origonal recording. Many cases you have to pay large sums of cash, and or roalties. This seems like a hard thing to do, but lots of my favorite artists songs are sampled all to ****. And I listen to a lot more undergound than mainstream, so I'm sure they cant afford to be paying for the rights to use these samples.
(i know most of the samples are credited in the song notes inside the case though)
So how are they doin' it, are they just using it hoping they never get caught or is there some way around this ish. I need to know cause I was reading about some record companies just starting out, get a decent song on the radio, then POW, the audio police come crashin' in sayin' you didn't get the rights to this! Your done son!
I don't want that to happnin' to me, cause I'm just startin' out as well. Is this just a stupid thing to ask, and am I just being paranoid or WTF!